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Prof. Talaga Chairs session at Biophysical Society Meeting

Professor Talaga chaired a platform session at the Biophysical Society meeting in Long Beach on the Aggregation Behavior of Proteins. Many interesting talks were presented.... (read more)

Troy Messina takes faculty position

After a busy and successful academic job search, Dr. Messina has decided to take a position as an Assistant Professor at Centenary College of Louisiana. We all wish him the best of luck and will miss him in the Talaga... (read more)

NIRT: Ligand Nanodisplay for Cellular Internalization and Super-Activation

The NSF has awarded a 4-year grant to our Rutgers Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team, or NIRT

The key questions addressed by the NIRT proposal are:

• How can such nanoscale displays be rationally engineered?
• What are their effects on intracellular molecular biosignaling?
• How can new ways be envisioned for biosensing of ligand-nanocarrier cell internalization?

Jeremy Pronchik awarded GAANN fellowship

The Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need program supports scholarships for academically talented... (read more)

Research Results

GGBP Conformational Dynamics

Enteric bacteria use glucose/galactose binding protein (GGBP) in separate pathways... (read more)